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Peaceful Insurgency?
Kip has always been more interested in irregular warfare than insurgency, per se (just as another day he'll go into why he hates the word "counterinsurgency," even as one of i...
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Does Sec. Gates Read This Blog?
Defense Secretary Gates is clearly on board for the big win in The Long War. If we here at Abu Muqawama had t-shirts, he'd totally wear one to work (possibly under his suit, ...
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Waving Goodbye to Hegemony
Parag Khanna is so freaking smart. You know when you meet people and walk away thinking, Damn, I can spend the rest of my life in a library or traveling the world and still no...
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Air COIN Con
Trust me. I love the Air Force. There is nothing that gives a better sense of security to the small unit counterinsurgent than knowledge that he's got a JDAM from Uncle Sam ...
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Benazir Bhutto, RIP
Hospital sources are confirming Benazir Bhutto has, in fact, been killed in a massive suicide attack on a political rally. Most web sites are still saying she was wounded. The...
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State Dept staffing cuts
After finally filling its required posts in Iraq an Afghanistan the State Department has been forced to make cuts in 10% of its staffing jobs elsewhere: Diplomatic posts at t...
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COIN Book Club, No. 5
This week's edition of the COIN Book Club is another work of fiction: The Quiet American, by Graham Greene. Charlie will admit to this being one of her favorite books of all t...
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COIN Book Club, No. 4
Last week, Charlie linked to this moving tribute to Bernard Fall and the new book that's been penned by his widow.This week, the Counterinsurgency Book Club is going to spend ...
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COIN Book Club, No. 2
We still persist in studying a type of warfare that no longer exists and that we shall never fight again, while we pay only passing attention to the war we lost in Indochina a...
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CNAS Official Launch: Hillary Clinton Keynote Address
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held its official launch on June 27, 2007 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The day-long event, entitled ...
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This Weekend’s New: Remembrance and Resiliency
It was an emotional weekend for most as the nation reflected on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. There was widespread coverage as one can imagine. I was parti...
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Natural Security News, Vietnam Edition
As you know, Christine Parthemore is traveling in East Asia where she is conducting research for our South China Sea project. She’s in Vietnam today, and she has put together ...
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Top 5: Exporters of Rare Earth Elements to the United States
Today we’re starting a semi-regular series called “Top 5.” You may be asking “Top 5 what?” We will be periodically examining some general background of the larger issues we an...
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The Climate for Climate Change in the QDR
Congress basically defined global climate change as a national security issue in the Defense Authorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-181). That Act required the Department o...